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Spell Bee Word: Wizard


What does wizard mean?

Word: Wizard

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Wizard means a man in stories who can do magic. Someone who is very good at something can also be called a wizard.

Synonyms: magician, expert

How do you spell wizard?

Syllables: wiz - ard

Tricky part: There is only one z, though many children write two.

Watch out for: wizzard, whizzard

Memory tip: Picture one zigzag of magic light shooting from the wand: one zigzag, one z.

Wizard in a sentence

Example 1: The wizard in our school play wore a tall hat covered in silver stars.

Example 2: My cousin is a wizard at solving Rubik's cubes.

Example 3: Merlin is the wise old wizard in the stories of King Arthur.

Fun Fact

Wizard was made from an old form of the word wise, so at first a wizard simply meant a wise person, not someone who did magic.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Select the feminine form of the word:

wizard

a) princess
b) witch
c) lady
d) wizardess

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b) witch. In stories, a witch is the female partner of a wizard; princess goes with prince and lady with lord.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

wiz_rd

a) o
b) e
c) u
d) a

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d) a. The second part sounds like 'ud', but it is spelt with an a.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

azriwd

a) wiazrd
b) wizrad
c) wizard
d) wzaird

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c) wizard. Start with w and i, and the r comes just before the final d.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) wizard
b) tresure
c) dragon
d) castle

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b) tresure. Treasure keeps the ea of bread in its first part.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Calling Rohan a wizard at cooking means he ____.

a) cooks with magic dust
b) does not like cooking
c) cooks only at night
d) cooks really well

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d) cooks really well

2. In a story, a wizard would most likely use ____ to do magic.

a) a garden hose
b) a school bag
c) a magic wand
d) a cricket bat

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c) a magic wand

Associated Words

Words that end in -ard: leopard, mustard, yard, buzzard, cardboard, keyboard

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: magician, expert

More words from this list

blow, correction, fence, headband, lizard, peach, scone, subject

Next steps

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